Многообразие религиозного опыта. Исследование человеческой природы

V nastoi͡ashchee izdanie vkhodit vazhneĭshiĭ trud amerikanskogo filosofa i psikhologa Uilʹi͡ama Dzheĭmsa (1842-1910) "Mnogoobrazie religioznogo opyta", davno stavshiĭ klassikoĭ. Religii͡a issleduetsi͡a Dzheĭmsom ne kak sot͡sialʹnyĭ institut, no prezhde vsego kak lichnoe perezhivanie. On opredeli͡aet religii͡u kak "sovokupnostʹ chuvstv, deĭstviĭ i opyta otdelʹnoĭ lichnosti, poskolʹku ikh soderzhaniem ustanavlivaetsi͡a ee otnoshenie k tomu, chto ona pochitaet Bozhestvom", soedini͡ai͡a s ėtim myslʹ o "znachitelʹnom sostoi͡anii dushi" religioznogo cheloveka. Dzheĭms podverg tshchatelʹnomu issledovanii͡u mnogochislennye dokumentalʹnye istochniki, chto pozvolilo emu glubzhe rassmotretʹ t͡sennostʹ svi͡atosti, osobennosti mistit͡sizma (takie kak neizrechennostʹ, intuitivnyĭ kharakter, kratkovremennostʹ i bezdei͡atelʹnostʹ voli), issledovatʹ fenomen religioznogo obrashchenii͡a, kotoromu, po ego mnenii͡u, predshestvuet dlitelʹnai͡a podgotovka v podsoznatelʹnykh oblasti͡akh psikhicheskoĭ zhizni, predstavitʹ sobstvennui͡u klassifikat͡sii͡u religioznykh lichnosteĭ (edinozhdy rozhdennye i dvazhdy rozhdennye), do sikh por ne utrativshui͡u svoeĭ aktualʹnosti. Vse ėto delaet trud Dzheĭmsa poleznym dli͡a religiovedov, filosofov, psikhologov, kulʹturologov, a takzhe vsekh, kto interesuetsi͡a problemami religii.

This edition includes the most important work of the American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910), "The Diversity of Religious Experience," which has long become a classic. James explores religion not as a social institution, but primarily as a personal experience. He defines religion as "a set of feelings, actions, and experiences of an individual, since their content establishes his attitude to what he worships as a Deity," combining with this the idea of a "significant state of mind" of a religious person. James subjected numerous documentary sources to a thorough study, which allowed him to take a deeper look at the value of holiness, the features of mysticism (such as ineffability, intuitive character, short duration and inactivity of the will), to explore the phenomenon of religious conversion, which, in his opinion, is preceded by prolonged training in the subconscious areas of mental life, to present his own classification of religious personalities (once born and twice-born), which still has not lost its relevance. All this makes James's work useful for religious scholars, philosophers, psychologists, cultural scientists, as well as anyone interested in religious issues.